Burnishing-wax



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GEORGE XV. HASTINGS, OF GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,4:86, dated October14, 1884.

Application filed August 19, 1884.

To rtZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. TLLSTINGS, of Grafton, in the county ofVorcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bu rnisl1ing-IVaX for Use in FinishingtheEdges of the Soles and Heels of Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to makeand use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail.

The nature of my invention consists in an improved burnishing-wax,consisting of the following ingredients, viz: ceresin-wax, carnaubawax,and rosin, mixed and combined together substantially as hereinafterdescribed.

In the preparation of my improved burnishing-wax I have found that thefollowing proportions of cere'sin, carnauba, and rosin pro duce goodpractical results in finishing the edges of the soles of boots andshoes: ceresin- Wax, fourteen pounds; carnauba-wax, twentyfour pounds;rosin, five pounds; total, fortythree pounds.

The above ingredients are placed in a suitable vessel and subjected toheat sufficient to thoroughly melt the same, they being well stirred andmixed during the operation of melting. After said ingredients have beenmelted and stirred and mixed together and combined, the mixture isturnedinto suitable molds and allowed to cool and harden, after (Nospecimens.)

which it is removed, and is then ready for use in the same manner asother burnishi11g-wax is used for burnishing the edges of the soles ofboots and shoes by machinery.

As thereis less friction, and consequently less heat, generated by themachinery employed for burnishing the edges of the heels of boots andshoes, the wax for such purpose should not be quite so hard as that usedin the burnishing of the edges of the soles, and consequently for thesame number of pounds as above stated,to be used in burnishing the edgesof the heels of boots and shoes, I have found the most desirableproportions to be as follows: oeresin wax, twen ty-five pounds;earnaubawax, fifteen pounds; rosin, three pounds; t0- tal, forty-threepounds.

I do not limit myself, however, to the pro portions above named, as thesaid three ingredients may be compounded together in difl'crentproportions and yet produce good practical results.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as an improvedarticle of manufacture, 1s-

A burnishingwvax for finishing the edges of the soles and heels of bootsand shoes, consisting of ceresin-wax, carnaubawvax, and rosin, mixedtogether, substantially as described.

GEORGE W. HASTINGS. Witnesses:

Tiros. H. Donen, Guns. 1). GAY.

